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Dumbarton (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK Not to be confused with Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Dumbarton was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Renfrew and Rutherglen formed the Glasgow district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

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1661–63, 1669-1670: Walter Watson, provost
1665 convention:no representation
1667 convention: Robert Cuningham
1672–73, 1678 (convention): Robert Watson, provost
1681–82: William MacFarlane, provost
1685–86, 1689 convention, 1689–1702, 1702–07: James Smollett of Bonhill, provost

References

Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 572,579.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 577.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 579,582.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 584.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 590,586,599.

See also

List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union

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Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union 1707

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